Form 1040-SS is for residents of the US Virgin Islands (USVI),
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (PR) who are not required to file a United States (US)
Form 1040, Form 1040A,
or Form 1040EZ income tax return. Form 1040-SS
is generally used to report and pay self-employment income tax to the US. Furthermore,
the Social Security Administration (SSA) will use this information to calculate any
future benefits available to you under the US social security program.

The 1040-SS form and instructions booklet are in English. If you are a
resident of Puerto Rico and need the Spanish form and instructions booklet see
Form 1040-PR.

File Form 1040-SS if you meet these requirements:

You or spouse had self-employment income of $400 or more.

You are not required to file Form 1040, Form 1040A, Form 1040EZ.

You are a resident of the US Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, or Puerto Rico.

Read the 2017 1040-SS instructions booklet to determine if you need to file.
Take care not to confuse Form 1040-SS with similarly titled forms such as
1040 ES,
Schedule SE, or
Schedule C, all three of which are
commonly filed by Self-Employed taxpayers residing within the United States.

1040-SS Form And 1040-SS Instructions

Click any of the federal IRS 1040-SS tax form links below to
download, view, print, edit, or save as a PDF file for the corresponding year.
These free PDF files are unaltered and are pulled directly from the publisher.

2017 Form 1040-SS has been published, 2017 Form 1040-SS Instructions
have not been published by the IRS. The PDF links below will display 2016 tax forms and instructions until published.

IRS 1040-SS tax forms and instructions booklet are generally updated
in December of each year. If updated, the 2017 tax year PDF file will display,
the prior tax year 2016 if not. Last year, many of the individual income tax forms
were published late in December with instruction books following in early January due to last minute legislative changes.

The printable 2017 Form 1040-SS and 1040-SS instructions booklet links
above are a quick reference for those looking to print the one federal IRS form.
Even more printable federal IRS tax forms, supporting schedules, calculation
worksheets, tax tables, payment vouchers, and instructions booklet are grouped
by form (1040, 1040A, 1040EZ) and by tax year on our pages below:

Printable federal tax forms, state tax forms, tax form instructions booklet,
income tax brackets, software, prices and features may change without notice or be
outdated. Use of this web site is not a consultation. The current tax year for individuals is
2017, with taxes due April 17, 2018.